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An indispensable event for cities and urban innovation in the Covid era
Smart City Live: What cities should do in the new normal scenario?
The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on the outlook of the urban coat and is forcing city officials to rethink urban development to adapt to coronavirus risks and fears.
To talk through the variety of ways that cities around the world are coping with this new scenario, Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) will hold on November 17-18 an innovative edition under the name Smart City Live (#SCLive2020). Organised by Fira de Barcelona, this year’s summit presents a unique two-day digital experience aimed at providing cities with a global new tool for business and knowledge.
Accurate content will be broadcast from Barcelona to the world through the event’s website and also through social media in a new virtual and interactive format comprising two different blocks. The first one (17/11) consists of a full-day live television show with interviews, debates, reports, success cases and parallel sessions. The second one (18/11) features online workshops and side events.
The flagship event Smart City Expo World Congress as we knew it before the pandemic will be back in 2021.
World Urban Forum is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat. It examines the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.
WUF 11 will be held in the Polish city of Katowice from 26 to 30 of June 2022 under the theme, Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future. It will provide greater insights on the future of cities based on existing trends, challenges and opportunities, as well as suggest ways cities can better prepare to address future pandemics.
Interested organizations can book exhibition space or apply to host networking and training events at the World Urban Forum. The deadline to apply for events – 7 March 2022. The deadline for exhibition space – 13 May 2022. Forms to book exhibitions and events are accessed through the personal profile dashboard after completing the online registration.
More information on WUF11 at wuf.unhabitat.org.
Register today! Hope to see you in Katowice, Poland.
RUGGEDISED Final Event & Recharge Earth
The EU-funded project RUGGEDISED Smart Cities and Communities is hosting its final event next 6 September 2022 in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), followed by the Recharge Earth Energy Transition Conference (7-8 September), which will also feature RUGGEDISED best practices. The entire event takes place in the RUGGEDISED demonstration area, Heart of South, at the Rotterdam Ahoy Conference Centre.
The event will showcase the lessons from the RUGGEDISED project, where the cities of Rotterdam, Glasgow, Umeå, Parma, Brno and Gdansk have worked with researchers and private industry on pushing urban transition through Smart City developments and methods.
The first day of the final event is dedicated to learning, discussing and exchanging views based on the work done in RUGGEDISED. In sessions that will require engagement and openness from all participants, RUGGEDISED will invite attendees on a journey to shape how we will create buildings, districts and entire cities in support of climate neutrality. The programme will include sessions on ‘The Lighthouse Stories’, ‘Innovation capacity in European Smart Cities’, ‘How to set up city-led urban innovation systems?’, and ‘The Legacy of RUGGEDISED’, among others. There will also be different networking opportunities throughout the day. The event will close with study tours in Rotterdam to learn more about the RUGGEDISED innovations.
On 7-8 September, professionals involved in the energy transition will convene at the Recharge Earth conference, where RUGGEDISED will also share its best practices. The conference will include high-level political speakers and engaging plenary session. Important themes will be discussed in an international programme with RUGGEDISED partners putting special focus on how digitalisation and a social perspective can help support the energy transition throughout Europe.
To register, visit here: https://ruggedised.eu/final-event/
Reuters Events: Automotive USA (Oct 18-19, Detroit) is the industry gathering to unite senior level OEM leaders who will address how they will build software-defined electric vehicles, reshape the OEM business model and plan for an autonomous future.
Reaching a North American audience, this event will shape the future strategies across business-critical topics including electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, sustainability, supply chain and customer-first strategies.
The 2022 stage will include Chief Technology, Strategy, Engineering and Marketing leaders from global automakers, the influential speaker line-up for 2022 includes:
- Scott Keogh, CEO and President, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Jérémie Papin, Senior Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Chairperson, Nissan Americas, Nissan Americas
- Linda Zhang, F-150 Chief Nameplate Engineer, Ford Motor Company
- Steve Carlisle, Executive Vice President and President, GM North America
- Gil West, Chief Operating Officer, Cruise
To find out more information, visit the website
IoT Solutions World Congress has established itself as the leading global event for industry transformation, based on disruptive technologies such as IoT, AI, Digital Twin, Edge, AR/VR and more!
The 2023 edition will showcase game-changing solutions & technologies that are disrupting and transforming industry and celebrates the business and technology executives creating a powerful competitive advantage.
#IOTSWC23 is where leaders, across the organisation, learn to navigate what’s next.
Accelerate Electrification, Innovate Software, Transform Manufacturing
The automotive industry is facing more disruption than ever before, with governmental initiatives and pressure to reduce emissions, growing concerns around vehicle safety, plans for an autonomous future, and the need to secure supply chains.
NOW is the time to embrace change or be left behind.
Reaching a North American audience, this flagship event will shape future strategies across business-critical topics including:
- Electrification
- Software-Defined Vehicle
- Vehicle Safety
- Manufacturing and Engineering
Visit the event website to find out more information!